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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Farming & the land

Farming & the land, 1964

154 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 4 of 8

Wool Sale

The Western Herald · Friday 15 May 1964 · page 4

The Farmers and Graziers' Co-operative Company Limited reported on May 7th:…

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Results of Sheep Show

The Western Herald · Friday 15 May 1964 · page 11

Entries were not large in the Sheep Section at the Bourke Show last week-end, but much…

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Vacuum Pressed Wool Received Well Overseas

The Western Herald · Friday 15 May 1964 · page 15

Trial shipments of wool baled by a vacuum pressing method developed by the CSIRO Division of…

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Wool Bale Weights

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 15

Woolgrowers' organisations, selling brokers and the Australian Council of Trade Unions have…

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Star Wool Lots

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 15

The Graziers' Association of N.S.W. wants to know whether price differentials exist between…

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Who Uses Most Wool?

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 14

Russia is the largest user of virgin wool in the world with an estimated annual consumption of…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 12

Credit restrictions and labour problems were affecting Japanese wool buying in Australia…

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Sheep Worth Half a Million Pounds on Show

The Western Herald · Friday 22 May 1964 · page 8

Almost 1,800 sheep, worth more than half a million pounds, will be exhibited at this year's…

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Sydney Sheep Show Champions

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 8

Most successful exhibitor in the fleece classes at the Sydney Sheep Show was merrville Pty…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 13

Wool textile leaders in the U.K. and the U.S. said this week the sharp fall in wool prices in Australia…

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Bourke Pastoral and Agricultural Ass'n. Show A Financial Success

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 3

At a meeting of the P. and A. Association on Tuesday night it ws notified by the Treasurer…

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The Do's and Don'ts of Wool-Classing

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 8

A feature of the fleece section at the 1964 Sydney Sheen Show, being held from May 27 to 30…

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Homes Before Farms for Aborigines

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 2

The Aborigines Welfare Board floes not believe that mixed farming properties could be established…

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Cotton Crop Abandoned

The Western Herald · Friday 29 May 1964 · page 5

Jemalong Station, the largest cotton grower in the Forbes district, has abandoned its cotton…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 5 June 1964 · page 2

The importance of changing fashion trends to the wool industry is reflected in a survey in the…

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This Week in Wool

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1964 · page 7

Wool stocks in the major, consuming countries—the U.K. and Japan— were at comparatively low levels…

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Improvement Seen in Merino Wool Quality

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1964 · page 12

Sheep displayed at this year's Sydney Sheep Show indicated very clearly that breeders were making…

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Westhaven Plans Farm Colony 20 Acres Five Boles From Dubbo

The Western Herald · Friday 12 June 1964 · page 2

Westhaven Association is planning to establish a farm colony with permanent accommodation for…

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Bourke Pastoral and Agricultural Ass'n. 1965 Show on May 15th and 16th

The Western Herald · Friday 19 June 1964 · page 13

At the monthly meeting of the Bourke Pastoral and Agricultural Association on Friday night last…

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Wool Sales

The Western Herald · Friday 26 June 1964 · page 4

Prices at Thursday's Sydney Wool Sales were fully 5 per cent lower than those paid at…

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